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G3829 πανδοχεῖον (pandocheîon)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

an inn

Strong's Definition

all-receptive, i.e. a public lodging-place (caravanserai or khan)

Derivation: neuter of a presumed compound of G3956 (πᾶς) and a derivative of G1209 (δέχομαι);

KJV Usage: inn

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πανδοκιον, see πανδοχεῖον. STRONGS NT 3829: πανδοχεῖονπανδοχεῖον (πανδοκιον, Tdf. (cf. his note on Luk_10:34, and Hesychius, under the word)), πανδοκειου, τό (from πανδοχεύς, which see), an inn, a public house for the reception of strangers (modern caravansary, khan, manzil): Luk_10:34. (Polybius 2, 15, 5; Plutarch, de sanit. tuenda c. 14; Epictetus enchirid. c. 11; but the Attic form πανδοκεῖον is used by Aristophanes ran. 550; Theophrastus, char. 11 (20), 2; Plutarch, Crass. 22; Palaeph. fab. 46; Aelian v. h. 14, 14; Polyaen. 4, 2, 3; Epictetus diss. 2, 23, 36ff; 4, 5, 15; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 307.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πανδοχεῖον pandocheion 1x a public inn, place where travelers may lodge, called in the East by the name of menzil, khan, caravanserai, Luk_10:34

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* παν -δοχεῖον (-δοκίον , Τ ), -ου , τό ( < πανδοχεύς ), late form of Att. . πανδοκεῖον , an inn (khβn, caravanserai): Luk_10:34 .† πανδοκίον , see πανδοχείον .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πανδοχεῖον [page 476] a colloquial word (for form see Lob. Phryn. p. 307) found in the comic writers (e.g. PSI I. 99 .3 ii/A.D. : cf. Kennedy Sources , p. 74), occurs in Biblical Greek only in Luk_10:34 = inn. For πανδοκ (ε )ία , the trade of an innkeeper, cf. P Gen I. 54 .26 (iv/A.D.) ἔδωκαν δὲ ὑμῖν ἐν π̣[α ]ν̣δοκίᾳ νομισμάτια δύο καὶ ἀργυρίου τάλ [αν ]τα πε̣ν̣τ̣η̣κοντα .

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

παν-δοχεῖον (-δοκίον, Τ), -ου, τό (πανδοχεύς), late form of Att.. πανδοκεῖον, an inn (khân, caravanserai): Luk.10:34.† (AS)

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